Norm Bolen
President and CEO
CFTPA
Norm Bolen is currently the President and CEO of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA), based in Ottawa. The CFTPA represents Canada’s independent film, television and interactive producers.
Norm is the former Executive Vice President, Content, for Alliance Atlantis Communications. At Alliance Atlantis he had overall programming responsibility for thirteen Canadian specialty networks: Showcase, History Television, Slice, HGTV, Food Network Canada, BBC Canada, BBC Kids, Discovery Health Channel, National Geographic Channel, Independent Film Channel, Showcase Action, Showcase Diva and Fine Living Television. Norm was also responsible for Alliance Atlantis' web based and emerging new media content and all Broadcast Operations.
Prior to joining Alliance Atlantis in 1997, Norm spent 21 years at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a journalist and executive. In his last position at the CBC he was the head of Network Television Current Affairs.
Norm is a current Board member and past Chair of the Banff World Television Festival Board, Co-chair of the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival and a Director of the National Screen Institute. Until recently, he was also a Director of mDialog, a web-based high-resolution video distribution platform that's optimized for the iPhone.